Why deny what BMW said on their web site?? (archive)

: To all of you wannabe types who claim that BMW AG, NA, etc. have released ANY official specs on the new M3, YOU'RE F*CKING CRACKED. Don't tell me about Car and Driver, BMW Car, or any "press release" culled from the Frankfurt auto show. These bits of info are _not_ taken from BMW statements.
: To all others who don't claim this, please ignore the following post.
: Spoke w/just about everyone, and while certain salespersons and magazines insist that they know the enigne will be I-6, THERE IS NO OFFICIAL WORD. Some say the car will weigh ~3600Lbs. Others say maybe I6. Hmmm- 270lb-ft/340bhp w/35-3600lbs... yeah, right. Can you say,"slow as molasses in January?"
: If they do release a I6 3500-lb E46 M3, I pity the fool who buys the goddamn dog. That'll mean that BMW just needs to homologate the car/engine for GT, (GT3, maybe GT2) where it'll drop the car's weight to 3000lb or less. Ha-hey! Then, the I6 would be just wonderful.
: Anyway, re: the street version- unless you buy a used E46 M3 race car from PTG (or whoever), you're gonna be pissed at the performance.
: Cornering prowess will SUFFER @ that weight, no matter what engine they use.

: Food for thought,
: Larry

Before you claim that I am "F*CKING CRACKED", wouldn't you consider material located on the www.iaa.bmw.com domain be BMW statements, and therefore official? Sure, they haven't put out detailed specifications on the power output and weight, etc, but they already made a very clear statement that "the powerful heart of the new M3 is a high-performance 6-cylinder engine with double VANOS and other technical highlights".

Whether the E46 M3 will come with a V8 in the future is one thing, but I am happy to bet that it will come in I6 form for sure. I do, however, agree with you that it will be hard to get performance figures better than the E36 with an I6.

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